The Society of Leisure Enthusiasts will offer Denverites an escape from the 50,000 visitors expected for the Democratic National Convention next month. The group will offer a $50 gas card and 10 percent off summer rental rates for its luxury properties in Aspen, Vail, Beaver Creek, Telluride, Winter Park and Breckenridge during the convention.
The Governor’s Energy Office awarded a $13,000 Community Woody Biomass Utilization Grant to the Mountain Park Environmental Center, an environmental-education organization based in Beulah. The grant will be used to develop and install a biomass boiler to heat its newly renovated Horseshoe Lodge.
Disaboom, an online community for people touched by disability, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation have launched a new employment venture for combat-wounded and disabled veterans.
Rachel’s, a Broomfield-based unit of WhiteWave Foods, announced that its yogurt products are now available at King Soopers and City Market stores throughout Colorado.
Green Alpha Advisors LLC, a Boulder-based green investment firm, announced that its initial round of funding closed in part because of a private-equity investment from the Sierra Club.
NewsGator Technologies Inc. announced the availability of NetNewsWire for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Photobucket, a standalone photo- and video-sharing site with offices in Denver, announced that its new application developed exclusively for the iPhone is available.
EnerCom Inc. announced the lineup and schedule for the Oil and Gas Conference, to be held in Denver on Aug. 10-14. The schedule can be found at .
Wells Fargo announced the second annual Wells Fargo/United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Businesswoman and Hispanic Businessman of the Year Awards to be presented Sept. 24-27 in Sacramento, Calif. Nomination applications are available at .
LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. announced the implementation of a new operating structure for its title-insurance, escrow and closing services in Colorado. The new business model is expected to increase efficiency of real-estate closings in Colorado by decreasing the number of brick-and-mortar locations while expanding the number of customer-facing specialists.
CH2M Hill’s Preparedness Solutions Group was selected by the Seattle Urban Area Security Initiative region to develop Phase II of a debris-management areawide program. The program is designed to reduce the financial burden of disaster-cleanup efforts on states and local jurisdictions.
